Project Cost Controls Specialist

At Mott Mac Donald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee‑owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career‑defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

If you share that vision, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed, we’d still love to hear from you. We value potential and diverse perspectives as much as experience. Let’s explore how we can support your growth and help you take the next step in your career, while contributing to an exciting new chapter for Mott Mac Donald in North America.

Mott Mac Donald is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated project controls specialist to work on projects throughout the Vancouver area. In this role, you will assist the project management teams in tasks such as developing, monitoring, and updating project plans; forecasting project costs; and providing analyses to support claims negotiations, assist with monthly and quarterly reports either of financial nature, progress related or both.

Responsibilities

Undertake the cost control function for multiple infrastructure projects undertaken by Mott Mac Donald

Develop and maintain project progress reporting to include the status of committed costs against approved budgets, including all financial and earned value reporting, in accordance with contract and business requirements

Review actual cost against baseline budgets and cost plans, perform variance analysis and communicate status on an ongoing basis to project teams, clients and other third parties

Implement, monitor and administer change control requirements including changes to project scope, budgets, contracts and schedule

Capture and monitor data to ensure accurate and reliable plans, cost, schedule, contract, pricing and invoicing information are in place and accurately and promptly reported

Create dashboard, summary reports, and presentations for management review

Reconcile and validate invoices and progress payments data from various information management system for Mott Mac Donald, its subconsultants and other third parties

Review, distribute and track invoices and progress payments for Mott Mac Donald, its subconsultants and other third parties

Support Project Managers in administration of subconsultant and third‑party contracts

Interface and maintain liaison with clients, subcontractors and others on all cost control related activities

Candidate Specification

3-5 years of experience in a similar position (e.g. project controls, scheduler, cost estimating, etc.) within a multi‑discipline project environment

At least 3-5 years’ experience in the infrastructure sector;

Experience working within a consulting engineering environment in Canada

Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in STEMs (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) engineering, or construction management or similar

Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively as part of a multi‑disciplined team

Excellent communicator (both oral and written) and skilled problem‑solver with a commitment to thrive in a proactive organization where client service is paramount

Excellent time management skills while dealing with multiple competing deadlines

Experienced in maintaining project cost control systems (experience of a variety of systems would be an advantage)

Experience in supporting programs and projects with relevant experience in scheduling, deliverable and cost control for infrastructure and related projects (transit, highway, railroad)

Knowledge of scheduling (including either Microsoft Project Office and/or Primavera P6), capital cost…